program

A History of Western Music: Chapter 29
August Kleinzhaler
Andrew Burashko, reader

I Thought About You
Johnny Mercer
Gregory Hoskins, singer

Thriller Suite
Poetry by Margaret Atwood,
original music by Dan Parr
Kristen Thomson, reader

Scene from Fire
Written by David S. Young and Paul Ledoux
Rick Roberts, actor
Mike Ross, actor

Songs and Sonnets to Ophelia
Jake Heggie
i. Ophelia's Song
ii. Women have loved before
iii. Not in a silver caske
tiv. Spring
Isabel Bayrakdarian, soprano

HamletAct 4, Scene 5
Natasha Mumba, actor
Ravi Jain, director

INTERMISSION

Sonata Erotica
Erwin Schulhoff
Martha Burns, vocalist

Excerpt from 2 Pianos 4 Hands
Written by Ted Dykstra & Richard Greenblatt
Reza Jacobs, actor
Richard Greenblatt, actor

Much Ado About Nothing
William Shakespeare
Act 1, Scene 1
Act 4, Scene 5
Act 5, Scene 2
Martha Burns, actor
Paul Gross, actor

Much Ado About Nothing
Erich Korngold
i. Maiden in the Bridal Chamber
ii. March of the Watch (Dogberry and Verges)
iii. Garden Scene
iv. Hornpipe
Yolanda Bruno, violin
Andrew Burashko, piano

MAY 9-11, 2019, 8:00PM

BEST OF WORDS AND MUSIC

Celebrating 20 years of words and music. Scenes from Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing are presented alongside music by Erich Korngold; Ophelia’s Mad Scene from Hamlet is paired with Heggie’s lieder for soprano. Richard Greenblatt and Reza Jacobs perform excerpts from the smash hit 2 Pianos 4 Hands, Margaret Atwood’s series of poems Thriller Suite is set to original music, and Martha Burns, Gregory Hoskins, Rick Roberts give performances that blur the lines between poetry, music and theatre.

LOCATION

Harbourfront Centre Theatre

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